UNSPSC 43000000: Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications

This segment includes communications and computer equipment as well as peripheral input, output and storage devices. This segment also includes networking equipment and general computer components and supplies such as printers, electronic storage media and connection cables.

UNSPSC 43000000 Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications is a Segment code. State and local governments acquire this category to procure networked IT infrastructure, communications systems, software licensing, professional IT services, and related telecommunications equipment supporting agency operations. Recent solicitations show actual purchasing spans computer hardware refresh (desktops, laptops, tablets, peripherals), enterprise network equipment (switches, routers, wireless access points, firewalls), cloud-hosted data services, SIP trunking and 911 systems, E-Rate-eligible Internet and wireless infrastructure for schools, and professional services including system hosting, digital development, pre-bill AI review solutions, and IT asset management. State and local buyers under this code include county IT departments (Collin County, Texas; Chatham County, Georgia), school districts (Laredo ISD, Texas; Brown County, Wisconsin; East Hartford Public Schools, Connecticut), state departments and agencies (Kentucky Department of Education, Utah Department of Transportation, Connecticut Department of Transportation, New Mexico General Services Department), cities and municipalities (Stamford, Connecticut; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Brookhaven, Georgia; Tucson, Arizona; Palm Bay, Florida), universities (Connecticut State system, University of Connecticut Health), and transit authorities (Orange County Transportation Authority, California). Collin County Information Technology Department is a repeat buyer, having solicited Dell computer equipment and peripherals under an IFB with an estimated annual value of $1.2 million and a three-year renewable term.

Recent activity concentrates in California (Orange County cooperative procurements, Orange County Transportation Authority, OCTA, City of Tucson), Texas (Collin County, Laredo ISD, Amarillo ISD charter bus services), Connecticut (multiple university and state agency solicitations), and Kentucky (KETS network rebid spanning 175 school districts). Representative recent solicitations include Collin County IFB 2026-390 for computers, peripherals, and accessories from Dell Platinum or Titanium resellers with bids due October 15, 2026 at $1.2 million estimated annual value; Orange County (California) RFP 017-3069106 for Digital Development Services spanning 13 functional categories with proposals due July 28, 2026; the Kentucky Department of Education KETS Network Products and Services Rebid (RFP 758 2700000070) for up to five Master Agreements serving 175 school districts statewide with proposals due September 28, 2026; and the City of Tucson RFP for automated traffic enforcement safety device systems (red light and speed photo enforcement) with proposals due October 22, 2026, funded through federal programs (ARPA, FTA, HUD MWRD) triggering prevailing wage, Buy America, and DBE compliance. The code sees consistent activity across state IT infrastructure modernization (data warehousing, enterprise asset management, SAN/cloud/HCI replacement), school district network and internet procurement under E-Rate program rules, and municipal technology services spanning communications systems, public safety systems, and cloud-hosted applications.